RACING IN AUSTRALIA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 October 1938, Page 11

RACING IN AUSTRALIA

MEETING AT CAULFIELD. AJAX WINS STAKES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright, MELBOURNE, October 12. The weather was fine and there was a fair attendance at Caulfield races today. Kerry Bay registered his third win in his last four starts, by beating Flavikin in the Oby Hurdles. The New Zealand-bred Folk Song disappointed by a failure to gain a place in the Nursery Handicap, which went to the unfancied Girella.

Ajax led always in the Caulfield Stakes. Avenger ran a good race, but Young Idea tired. Ajax, whose victory was his eleventh in succession, has now registered fifteen wins and three seconds in nineteen starts, and has won £21,625 in stakes.

Judean outclassed his rivals in the Moonga Handicap. Conveyor went a poor race, being the last to finish. Prince Quex ran a fair race. Kingdom improved on recent form to win the Coongy Handicap. Plectrum ran a game race. Queen of Song finished fast to dead-heat for third place. Catalogue went a poor race. Pibroch broke a long run of failures to register a narrow win in the Welter Handicap. The results are as follow: —

Oby Hurdles, 2m. and 65yds.: Kerry Bay (J. Regan), 1; Flavikin, 2; Stylist. 3. Eight started. Three lengths; threequarters of a length. Laveur was fourth. Time, 3.40?. Mona Nursery Handicap: Girella (W. Elliot), 1; Riviera, 2; Tovaros, 3. Thirteen started. Neck; two lengths. Folk Song was fourth. Time, 54J. Caulfield Stakes, 9f., weight-for-age: Ajax (H. Badger), 1; Avenger, 2; Young Idea, 3. Four started. Spear Chief was fourth. Time, 1.50.; —a course recqrjJ. Moonga Handicap: Judean (W. Elliot), 1; Beechwood, 2; Jakin, 3. Eleven started. Three lengths; three-quarters of a length. Bridgelaw was fourth. Time, 1.24;. Coongy Handicap: Kingdom (J. O’Sullivan), 1; Plectrum, 2; Queen of Song and Tuckerbox, dead-heat, 3. Thirteen started. Half a neck; length and a half. Plymouth Hoe was fifth. Time, 2.4. A protest against the winner for alleged interference was dismissed. Moora Welter Handicap: Pibroch (S. McKee), 1; Pertiosa, 2; Hautboy, 3. Seven started. Neck; same. Court Gossip was fourth. Time, 1.40 J.